FLOW MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

An economical quick and accurate method and apparatus for transferring and monitoring a preselected amount of fluid from a fluid source container to a receiving container. The method and apparatus monitor the flow rate of the fluid to be transferred by measuring the weight change of receiving container per unit time. A weight sensor (26) monitors the weight of the receiving container (20) at various time intervals. The weight information received by the control module (30) at the various time intervals is compared to each other and to predetermined values for the detection of no flow (32), low flow (44) or high flow (46) conditions.